The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1926
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
10:51 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 39
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.68° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.23° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.